A lady's silk knitted purse with steel beads decoration. One end is gathered with a bell-shaped bead hanging off it. The other end has a web effect created with steel beads. The silk is brown and the beads are silver-coloured. There are two metal rings in the middle which move along the purse to enable it to be opened. There is a hole in the purse where things can be put in.
Miser's purse or soverign purse LC 01/03/2012
purse (clothing: accessories)
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